I have been with Weatherford for over 11 years. The company has helped me to grow my career and taught me how to be a leader in my role and in my career. I enjoy Weatherford and the people there and if it werent for family in Kelowna I would probably stay.

At Weatherford Ampscot we assembled pump jacks. My position was to put the crank arms on the gear box and load them onto trucks for shipping. Equipment was heavy but manageable with plenty of cranes and hoists to assist. The job itself was rather boring but the coworkers were great.

• Provided expertise for Geoscience, research and development team in term of Imaging and Geological applications.• Built advanced answer products and introduce it to internal sales and external clients.• Develop brochure and identify sales strategy for advanced integrated solutions.• Built and presented geology business strategy and answer products for internal stake holders.• Interact with different team members when required as well as with experts in operations and R&D for wireline, LWD, SLS and Labs.• Work closely with the petrophysical software team to define the requirements for new software platform. Provide guidance on design specifications, workflow and functionalities.• Identify and take action on hardware and software issues, new technologies and techniques, future areas of interest for development.• Play an active leading role in Automated & Value Added Image Analysis and the feasibility studies.• Initiate the development of quantitative analysis of boundaries, fractures, and textures analysis• Provide technical expertise to WFT petroleum consulting teams in all regions.• Identify techniques to integrate various logging and lab measurements to generate comprehensive answer products.• Document the processes, workflow and results and communicate them internally and externally as required through training seminars and courses.• Participate in internal and external forums and publicize new techniques and technology.• Provide software training for geological applications for Petroleum consulting analysts.• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to maximize the benefits to the company customers• Coaching a new hired geologists and building their professional development career

Decent place to work with advancement opportunities, but has a disfunctional management system.

Operator (Former Employee), Grande Prairie, AB – February 16, 2015

Pros: some decent people to work with and decent pay

Cons: screwed up management that has bad favoritism.

During my time at Weatherford I had some good times and bad. The first few weeks were full of training and safety orientation and quite boring, but the start of most jobs are. After that I spent a couple of weeks in the shop with the other new guys learning and maintaining equipment. I enjoyed it very much and liked the people I worked with, but it slowly started to go downhill. Once I got in the field I worked with a racist crew and requested to be placed with another one but the manager refused me and said "You go where I say you go" and "I do not believe they are racist since I am friends with them". This is when I realized the company had severe favoritism and I decided to quit. If you enjoy hard work qnd don't care about the management then this is the perfect company for you. (I had hours of discussions with the trainers about the management system and they said it was like this for the past couple of years, so my desicion to quiy was not based off 1 event)

A typical day at work would be routine.Learned much about PDM pipes.Management was not what I expected.Co-workers very diversified.Lots to learn in a short period of time - challenging.Believed in safety, very reassuring and educational.

Cons: everything, no stability, pay is low, no benefits, treat you bad unless you are a permanent employee

Not impressed at all. They let me go because I was a girl but they cannot legally say that because they know they will be sued. They rave about safety 24/7 but as soon as you tell them your shoulder hurts they will let you go because you are then a liability and they don't want to lose money.

7000 employees got laid off this year. I would not recommend this unstable company to anyone.

This was my first job in the Drilling Industry. I really enjoyed the exposure to new technology and challenges to maintain good client relations. I learned a lot about mechanical, hydraulic and motion control systems. The work environment was great. While there were challenges between different departments everyone worked together to solve the challenges of the company. The hardest part of the job was troubleshooting equipment failures (this was also one of the most enjoyable parts of the job). Extremely long hours in remote locations with not overtime compensation. With Electrical, Mechanical, Control System, Hydraulic, Programming and Telecommunication all wrapped up into on piece of equipment. The experience I gained from the troubleshooting was impeccable.

On shop days went to shop for 8:30,worked till 12 doing odd jobs around the shop such as servicing tools between coffee breaks, came back around 1 worked till 2:30 doing the same sort of things than went home

On Job days went in for the time we were told to be there, drove to site, worked till job was done, drove back to shop, serviced tools and cleaned truck than went home

Executive leadership is taking steps to re-structure the most senior members of management which achieved unprecedented growth over the last 5-10 years.

Qualified, senior and capable managers have been replaced or have left the organization. These key positions are being back-filled with lower cost people with no track record of success, real life experience and/or education.